Rentaro Mikuni

Active - 1951 - 2011  |   Birth - Jan 20, 1923  |   Death - Apr 14, 2013  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Action-Adventure, Crime, History | Subgenres - Biographical Film, Historical Film, Comedy Drama, Film Noir, Romantic Comedy

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Rentarō Mikuni was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor, and a further seven nominations. He also won two Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, in 1960 and in 1989. The 1987 film Shinran: Path to Purity (親鸞:白い道), which he wrote and directed, was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Actor Kōichi Satō is his son.

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